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This online material follows the outline of Field Services Business Manual by Terry Platt. The content of that manual and this course are as follows:

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

DEDICATION

DISCLAIMER

DO THE RIGHT THING

MENTORING PROGRAM

Chapter 1: FIELD SERVICES BACKGROUND

A Little History

Service Categories

Industry Forecast

Chapter 2: SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS

Types of Services Offered by a Field Service Business

Laws

Taxes

Resumes

Areas of Coverage

Insurance

Licenses

Legal Issues

Forms of Business

Competition

Negotiating Fees

Dirty Deeds

The Good Guys

The Bad Guys

Chapter 3: FINDING ADDITIONAL INCOME

Absentee Homeowner Inspections Catastrophe Claim Services

Coroner Property Services

Consumer Goods Inspections

Crime Scene Clean-up

DEA Board-up

Emergency Board-up Services

FEMA Disaster Entry Teams

Fire Department Emergency Board-up Services

Government Census Surveys

Home Inspections

HUD REAC Inspections

Nuisance Abatement

Real Estate Sign Placement

Serve Process

U.S. Marshall Emergency Board-up Association Memberships Research

Job Sites

Online Directories

Chapter 4: EQUIPMENT YOU WILL NEED

Vehicles

Laptops

GPS

Cell Phones

Miscellaneous Tools and Supplies

Chapter 5: RESIDENTIAL SERVICES YOU CAN OFFER

Bankruptcy Inspections

Clean Ups

Collection Inspections

Construction Funding

Delinquency Inspections

Disaster Inspections

Drive-By Inspections

Face to Face Interview

FEMA Inspections

Foreclosure Inspections

Hazard Inspections- Residential

Home Improvement Verification

Hud Title I

Insurance Loss Inspections

Insurance Loss Control Inspections

Interior Inspections

Mobile Home Inspections

Occupancy Inspections

Progress Reports

Reverse Mortgage Occupancy Inspection

Chapter 6: COMMERCIAL SERVICES YOU CAN OFFER

Commercial Property Inspection

Environmental Inspections

Equipment Inspections

Floor Plan Inventories

Freddie Mac Inspections

Loss Control Services

Movie Audience Response Surveys

Merchant Site Inspections

Mystery Shopper Surveys

Light industrial

Retail Outlet Verifications

Vehicle & Equipment Leasing Inspections

Vehicle Delinquency Inspection 107

VISA/MasterCard Merchant Credit Card Account Site Verifications

Apartment Inspections

Asset Liquidation

Floor Plan Inspections

Leased Equipment Inspections

Commercial Hazard Inspections

Merchant Site Inspections

Chapter 7: MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES YOU CAN OFFER

Aircraft Inspections

Business Monitoring

Cash for Keys

Classic Car Inspections

Disaster Inspections

Fitness Facility Safety Audits

Chapter 8: NORMAL OFFICE PROCEDURES FOR A FIELD SERVICE BUSINESS

Hours of Operation

Vacations

Mixing Inspections

Quality Control

Performance

Report Cards

Cancellations

Maps & Routing

Telephones and Faxes

Software

Sharing

Maps & Routing

Payments & Invoices

TimeFrames

Vendor Relations

Chapter 9: ROUTINE FIELD PROCEDURES FOR A FIELD INSPECTOR

AbandonedëVehicles

Personal Safety

Identification

Dress Code

Courtesy

Friends In The Field

Field Notes

Third Party Disclosure

First Time Vacant

Publicity

Construction Types

Occupancy

First Time Vacant

Pool Type

Property Type

Access To Properties

Damaged Properties

Chapter 10: ESSENTIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS

Picture Angles

Specific Photo Requirements

More Photo Angles

More Specific Photo Requirements

Very Bad Pictures

Chapter 11: AFFILIATIONS

NAMFS

S.I.R.s

Field Inspectors.com

SOFI

PROPERTYPRESERVATION

GROUPS

SOCIAL NETWORKS

BLOGS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HOW TO MARKET TO FEMA

FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT

GLOSSARY